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I do wish that US prisons would decide whether they're in the business of punishment or rehabilitation. You see a lot of talk about rehabilitation, of course, b
by kemayo 16y ago
I do wish that US prisons would decide whether they're in the business of punishment or rehabilitation. You see a lot of talk about rehabilitation, of course, but so much of what goes on in there seems to have no purpose but to punish people. (e.g. broad societal tolerance of prison-rape, or petty tyrannies such as those described in the article)
I'd prefer that they came down on the side of rehabilitation, of course... but I'd settle for /honesty/ about their goals.
- phlux 16y ago>I do wish that US prisons would decide whether they're in the business... They have decided. They are in the business of BUSINESS -- it is a profitable system where they harvest their crop through a corrupt system of laws - even outright bribing judges to send them new meat (like the case with the juvenile judges back east -- http://boingboing.net/2009/02/02/judges-jailed-for-ta.html http://boingboing.net/2009/02/02/judges-jailed-for-ta.html) Honesty about their goals == PROFIT
- amurmann 16y agoRehabilitation is actually bad for business, since rehabilitated inmates won't be returning "customers". It's just so wrong that prisons are run by private companies...